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Seadogs Whip Bethel for Crown 1 ? ' ' Beaufort Wins Close 48-40 Contest from Blue Demons They came the futhest with the mostest and therein lies the tale of Beaufort's Class A State Championship Seadog victories at the Senior Hijfh School gym in Greens boro. Playing a possession type of game, the Seadogs scored only 48 points in the final contest against the Bethel Blue Demons, but the Bethel quintet could only make 40, and the state championship is back in Carteret County for the second time in three years. Wells Starts Scoring Worth Wells scored his team s first four points and the Seadogs were down 0-4 at 5:43 of the first quarter. Herb Mason hit on one of his patented jump shots at 5:21 and when Gehrmann Holland hit on a driving lay up at 5:04 the score was all knotted at 4. Dean Reece put his team back in the lead with a pair of buckets and then Holland, Mason, and Reece all scored points for their respective teams in the first quarter. At the end of the quarter the Seadogs trailed 9-10. Only four boys on Iwth teams hit the scoring columns in the first quarter with- Wells hitting 4, and Reece 6, for the Blue Demons and Holland 4, and Mason 5, for the Seadogs. In the aecond quarter the boys of both teams started scoring in earnest with the game being dead locked five times at 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22. Capps Hits Phil Capps, 6 foot 3 inch center of the Blue Demons, was the big scorer in the second quarter as he popped the nets for 10 points, mak ing four baskets and two free throw conversions. Hub Mason gave the Seadogs an 11-10 advantage at 7:54 of the sec ond quarter when he hit on a pair of free throws, and the lead was taken over by the Blue Demons at 6:23 when Capps hit on a jump shot. Jimmy Davis put Beaufort back in the lead at 6:11 when he hit on a jump shot, but once more a Blue Demon, Wellft'hit on a lay up at 5:58. and the Seadogs trailed 13 14, ? Holland hit on his first of two free throws and Henry Safrit tapped in the second attempt to pyt the Beaufort team in the lead 16-14 at 5:20. Game See-Saws The game was a see-saw affair until there was approximately a miilute to play. At 1:01 Holland hit on a jump shot to give Beaufort a 24-22 lead and with 31 seconds left Monk Pittman made good a jump shot from the key. The score at the half read Beaufort 28, Bethel 22. Capps started the secor.J half and third quarter of the game with a push shot at 7:43 and the score was tightened to 28-24. At 8:44 Reeee bucketed * jump shot and the scor? was knotted once more at 28. The score was tied a second1 time in the canto at 28 with the scoreboard clock showing 4:28. Monk Pittman was the hot man in the quarter for the Seadogs with 8 points as his set shot at 3: IS gave the Beaufort five a 30-28 lead. From that point until the end of the game it was all Beaufort. Mason followed up Pittman's score at 2:39 and the Seadogs led 32-28. Jack Phillips of Bethel con verted a free throw at 2:18 and then Pittman converted a free throw. Safrit followed with a pair of free throws, and Pittman made another at the free throw line. The score stood at 38-28 with 34 seconds left, and when Dean Recce missed his free throw attempt at the buzier, the third quarter ended with Beaufort well out In front. Seadogs Extend Lead The Seadogs extended their lead to 11 points at 8:20 of the final quarter after buckets by Holland and Ptttman, and then the Blue Demons started to chop at the lead. At 3:32 with the Seadogs leading 40-32, Jimmy Dfvis. who played one of his outstanding games of the season insofar as rebounding is concerned, hit on a layup and the Seadogs kept a 10-point margin. At 2:08 the Seadogs enjoyed a narrow lead of 44-38, but the Blue Demons' inability to hit at the free throw line kept the game on ice for the Seadoga, and when the final busier was sounding Monk Pittman waa fouled. He sank the two free throws and gave Beaufort its well deserved 48-40 win. Ciffi High Scorer Phil Cappa of Bethel took high scoring honors for the game with 18 pointa. Runner-up honors in the contest went to Gehrmann Holland with 13 pointa. Monk Pittman and Henry Safrit also hit in double figures for Beau fort with 12 and 10 pointa respec tively Worth Wells made 11 pointa for the loaing Bethel five. Though the game waa a alow one in comparlaon to others played by the Seadoga this season it proved that the Beaufort boys could win with the pressure on. All Played M Gum Every member at tlM~flrfl'flve Whoa There Ball! rnoto oy Cirecntboro Dally News Beaufort's Gehrraann Holland, at left, is about to lose possession of an elusive basketball during the first round game against Hilde bran won by the Seadogs 68-56 in the state tournament at Greens boro. Coming up fast to contest with Gehrmann for the ball is Jimmy Houser, Hilde bran's high scorer in the afternoon game. Special Edition To Honor Seadogs A special Seadog State Cham pionship ' edition will be pub lished by THE NEWS-TIMES next Tuesday, March' 29. In addition to pictures and stories, complete statistics on players and stories on county teams they met this season will be published. Also a letter of congratulations from Rip Wilder, former JLEWS-TIMES sports re potttr Wbd ii flow with the Spar ftfiburg-*' mfrald, Spartanburg, S. C., will appear. To assure printing of enough copies, if you want extra ones please place your order now by phoning TIIE NEWS-TIMES 6-4175. played an important role in the vic tory and all should be congratu lated not only for bringing the championship back to the county, but also for maintaining their un defeated record, a record which ex tended through 28 consecutive games in regular season play, coun ty playoffs, district playoffs, and finally the State Championship tourney. Gehrmann Holland, for the sec ond straight year, was the high scorer in the tournament with 63 points. He and Monk Pittman were both selected for the All-Tourna ment team at the conclusion of play The bo* score: Beaufort: FG Fta Ftm Pt* Safrit, I 4 2 2 10 Davis, f 2 1 0 4 Holland, c 5 4 3 13 Pittman, g 4 6 4 12 Mason, g 3 4 3 9 Totals 18 17 12 48 Bethel: FG Fu Ftm Pt*| Wells, f 5 6 1 Stamey, f 1 2 2 Capps, c 6 4 4 Reece, g 4 4 0 Phillips, g 0 4 1 Queen .-.J. 0 0 0 Totals 16 20 8 The score by quarters: Total* Beaufort 9 17 10 12?48 Bethel 10 12 7 11?40 If Team to Appear on TV At 1 1 A.M. Tomorrow The entire Beaufort basketball team will appear on television at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, channel 9, Greenville. Coach T. H. McQuaid will ac company them and appear on the show also. Warriors Beat Carolina Jets Saturday Night Playing without the services of their star center, William White, who took ill just before game time, the Morehead City Warriors de feated the Beaufort Carolina Jets in a thrilling game Saturday night in W. S. King gym by a 55-51 score. Randolph (Buster) Tootle took scoring honors for the game with 27 points, but it was a timely long set shot by Kenneth (Skin) Jones that spelled victory for the War riors. William Henry and Raymond El lison with 12 and 14 points respec tively were the high pointmakers for the Jets. The game was the final contest of the year for the Warriors and they were undefeated in their short season. Harold Yeoman* Burned When Stove Explodes Harold Yeomans, son of Mr. and Mr*. Waller Yeomans of Markers Island, is recovering in the Marine Hospital at Norfolk from burns re ceived Wednesday. Yeomans. officer in charge of a Coast Guard supply bpat station ed at Norfolk, was severely burned when the bas stove in the galley of the boat exploded. Religions Duty Pittsburgh (AP) ? Donald (Dudey) Moore, a Protestant, ia head basketball coach at Duquesne University - a Catholic institution. Before coming to Duquesne, Dudey coached a Young Mens Hebrew Assn. team. Jay's Tdckle Shop is NOW OPEN ? All kind* of rod*, reel*, line, spmninc outfit*, bait, lures, tackle boxel, sea shells and many other items. Jay's Tackle Shop 70S EVANS ST. MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. Com* in now and register, for prize* to be given away during our grand opening, SATURDAY. APRIL 30TH. ? Pitt mans Shot in Final Four Seconds Of Overtime Gets Win for Beaufort ? ' ? Happy Throng (Continued from Page D just couldn't seem to Ret them selves untracked in either appear ance atter the initial game. * * * Henry Safrit was hnrd put Satur day to control his eagerness to get out to the K>m for the game. He had to be shipped back to his room by the coach. Henry came down to the lobby about 7 30 and he kept mumbling that he sure was nemm For a nervous boy he played one of his best games of the year i gainst Bethel as he and J"1""? Davis controlled the boards for the Seadogs and Henry also popped in 10 big points for his team. >|c * * I don't believe Greensboro has seen as much rain as they saw while we were in town, d rained ?very day. The rain didn t help the boys keep cool. It meant they had to stay in their hotel rooms pretty much of the time. ? r.: * On Thursday afternoon a full contingent of coach- w^ thore getting a line on some of the iop Class A players in the state. Among them were Murray Greason and Bones McKinney of Wake Forest, Buck Freeman of North Caro ina, Vic Bubas of North Carolina State. Virgil Yow of High Point, J** Matins of Elon, Dave Meredith of Guilford, Earl Huth of Catawba, Francis Hoover of Appalachian, Jim ( Pappy > Hamilton of Lenoir Rhyne and Howard Porter of East ^Each and everyone of them was looking over the crop, primarily for the tall men, since it seems (hat even among the smaller schools the emphasis today is on the bifi boys. .. . Buck Freeman of Carolina, who is really interested in Holland, said if Gerhmann makes the squad at Carolina it will have to be as a baekcourt man since the Tarheels expect to have a 8 foot 10 inch center, plus pair of 6 foot 6 or bet^ ter forwards on their frosh club next year. ... Speaking to Coach Yow of High Point, we mentioned Walker Gi li_ kin of Smyrna and Jerry ,T of Morchcad City. Hcrcs hoping these boys will get a chance to play with some college squad come next fall. # V- ?* ' King's basketball club, composed of some of the smaller men in the tourney gave a fine account of themselves in the opening nights plajT against their far taller op ponents from Ahnskie. As a mat ter of fact, had they converted their free throws in the last three min utes of the game they undoubWdly would have won instead of losing as they did. 52-40. King was the runner-up last year in the state t(>Thcy had nothing left on the sec ond day and were eliminated by Red Springs 6145. BeJ Springs went on lo win the game in the tournament beating Cove Creek 75-72. ^ The final night of the tourneyit sure lookr-l good to sec all the fans not only from Beaufort, but from Morchcad City. Newport ^ lantic and Smyrna, and ?veral from Camp Lejeune and Swans boro as well, who came up U> root for the boys from the Seashore C?TherCb?s on the Beaufort team Beaufort Starters Photo by Greensboro Dully News Here are the starters of the state Class A basketball championship Beaufort team just prior to their going to the gym to play the final contest of the tourney. The starling five abovf are mainly responsible for the Seadogs' all victorious record of 28-0. Standing behind the sofa are llenry Safrit and Jimmy Davis, with Herb Mason, (iehrmann Holland and Monk Pittman seated in the front row. Holland and Tittman were both voted to places on the all-tourney quintet, with Gehrmann being named the outstand ing player by the sports writers and officials. will undoubtedly be sporting their newly bought-in-Greensboro togs before very long and we must say that they all showed they had espe cially good taste. * * * Over 130 telegrams were received by the team in Greensboro. 1 have the batch of them and names of the senders will appear in the Sea dog State Champ edition to be pub lished next Tuesday. Thanks loads to all the fans who sent in their congratulatory messages and to all of those who were on hand to help cheer the Seadogs. * * * Robert Hose was quite a man about town in Greensboro as he kept running into old friends. He introduced me to Jim 'Sweet" La lanne, a pass throwing quarterback at Carolina during the late 30's. He was one of George Stirnweiss' teammates on the Tar Heel eleven. | Stirnweiss later made his name as ? baseball player in the big leagues with the New York Yankees. # * # We have never seen anything like the turnout that greeted the team and Coach McQuaid at the race track and we wish to thank all the good people of the county who responded so well to the radio appeals to be there to welcome the team back from Greensboro. It was a wonderful reception for Carteret County's entry in the State Tour ney. * # ? The only injury sustained on the trip was suffered by yours truly .when 1 slipped in the bath tub at the O. llenry Hotel where we stayed. * ? ? Coach McQuaid was a bit re ticent about being raised aloft to cut the net down after the cham YOUR BEST GA&OUAfB BUT ATRSGl/lAQ 6AS0?W? PfVCES! 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Hope they haven't become camera shy from the experience. * * * In case you don't know all the facts and figures on the tourna ment, this is the way the games went. First round: Youngsvillc 65, Cove Creek 55; Beaufort 68. Ililde bran 56^ Ahoskie 52, King 48; Bethel 77. Red Springs 67. Loser's bracket: Cove Creek 64. Ilildebran 62. and Red Springs 61. King 45. Semi finals: Beaufort 55, Youngs villc 53. and Bethel 54, Ahoskie 49. Consolation winner was Red Springs by virtue of 75-72 victory over Cove Creek, and the third place crown went to Youngsvillc when they beat Ahoskie 78-57. The champs are the Beaufort Seadogs who won from Bethel 4840. Team Prevents Gift Members of the Beaufort girls' basketball team presented their coach, Hugh Gordon, with a clock radio last week. Tug, Cutter Free Sugar Ship The sugar cargo ship, Acnos, bound for Morehcad City state port, ran aground in the channel be tween buoys 5 and 7 yesterday morning, but was pulled off by the tug Mamie and Coast Guard cutter Agassiz at 11:30 a.m. The accident was reported by the Coast Guard to be the result of a faulty steering mechanism. The Acnos is 287 feet long, draws 18 feet of water and is about 2,700 net tons. She brought in the largest sugar cargo ever received at the More head City port, 1.500 tons of re fined, bagged sugar. The importer is M. Golodetz. New York. The sugar will be shipped to points throughout the state. The Aenos, ojvned by the North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Line came here from Cuba. Agent for the ship is Heide & Co. Methodists Will Meet In Homes Tomorrow Methodists of Morehead City will meet in various homes at 7 30 to morrow night. Everyone, church member or not, is invited. Meeting places arc as follows: the Hcv. Leon "Couch, 712 Bridges St., A. B. Roberts, 1903 Arendell; Dr. Ben F. Royal, 1612 Evans St., W. L. Derrickson, 2112 Evans; Dr. Darden Eure, 2604 Evans; John Conner, 2716 Arvon Ave.; Kenneth Wagner, 3209 Arendell and J. B. Macy. Mansfield Park. G eW SEVEN STAR 90 Proof! 4 #240 PINT ?3?? 4/1 Q?* G*W SEVENSTAr ?o pitoor tuNoco whis?v ? xm% it** win >vnn iour seconds leu in the overtime period, Monk Pittman calmly pumped up one of his patented one handers to Rive Beaufort a well-deserved victory in the semi-finals of the State Class A Basketball Tournament at Greensboro's Senior High School gym Friday night. It was the game always prophe sied when two undefeated court titans meet in battle. The final was Beaufort 55-53 over the Youngs* ville White Phantoms, and marked the first time that Youngsville tasted defeat all year. For the Seadogs it marked the 27th consecutive victory for the bo>? of Coach McQuaid. It was Youngsville's first loss after 29 straight wins. Holland llot Beaufort jumped out to a 5-0 lead early in the first quarter as Gehr mann Holland found the range with one bucket and three free throws. At 6.47 the White Phan toms finally hit the scoring column when Larry Lindsey made a lay up. W. G. Alford swished the nets at 6:20 with a push shot and the Sea dog margin was cut to one point, 5-4. Holland hit on a layup at 6:03 and the boys from the little town above Wake Forest made three buckets ar.d went into a 10 7 lead at 4:34 of the canto. Six foot 5 inch center Winston Wiggin was the big gun for the White Phantoms throughout the quarter and the ballgame. Baskets by Holland and Herb Ma son and Monk Pittman's free throw put Beaufort back in the lead at 2:53 with a 12-10 score. Wiggin tied the game at 12 at 2:42 and then made a free throw to put his team ahead. Holland hit at 2:14 on a layup and Lindsey hit on a set at 1:45 and the Seadogs still trailed 14-15 With 38 seconds left in the quar ter Henry Safrit laid one in and See SEMI-FINALS, Page 7 ' k yyN " new charcoal toimt new 2-bvtton drape 1 low, few price! imported 100% wool FLANNEL SUITS 29.95^ ? h??? Hm H|M Iwta \ ?f bftWSt blNk |fty
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